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Wednesday, 10 June 2015

Plumis Automist® provided an innovative
fire safety solution for a new high-end coffee shop in
the Southside/Newington area of Edinburgh. “Cult Espresso” serves
"third wave" espresso drinks from cool, basement style premises
with an open plan layout but because of the width of the building and one
direction of travel, exit in the event of a fire is restricted and access for
the emergency services limited.

The City of Edinburgh Council insisted that either an emergency
exit or an alternative suppression system was installed. The use of sprinklers
was deemed unsatisfactory as they would drench the property in the event of a
fire, causing considerable water damage. Furthermore, accidental
discharge could cause a costly interruption to business which was unacceptable
to the owners. Edinburgh Building Control knew of Automist® and
recommended that the owners view the Plumis website where they identified
Unite Security as local Automist® accredited installers
for the system. Glenn Kippen, Unite’s Managing Director had no hesitation in
suggesting the installation of this highly innovative and very cost effective
product from Plumis. Automist® uses a high pressure pump to generate a fine water mist from
nozzles to suppress any fire, including grease and chip pan fires for which
water mist is an effective fire suppressant. It is also extremely reliable
because sensing is based on heat detection as recommended in Approved Document B, effectively
eliminating nuisance alarms which, again, would have interrupted custom.

Glenn Kippen was delighted to be able to recommend Automist® to
address the objections of Building Control. Unite Security fitted only 1 pump
within the kitchen, protecting the building affordably, with much less
disruption and in a considerably shorter timeframe than fitting sprinklers. It
also has the benefit of using under 6 litres of water per minute per head
compared with 65 litres per head used by sprinklers. Because Automist® uses
a wireless system, installation did not interrupt the day to day business,
there were no ugly wires to mar the decor and, unlike smoke alarms Automist® not only alerts
customers to the fire but also suppresses it

Automist® is ideal for use in similar businesses where closure for
building works or in the event of a fire would be commercially disadvantageous.

For further information on this project or the Plumis Automist® range
of water-mist suppression solutions call Plumis on +44 (0) 20 7871 3899, visit www.plumis.co.uk or email info@plumis.co.uk